State Fair nostalgia and political clash in Cedar Rapids
A letter from Vinton Iowa dated September 21 1872 describes Iowa's Nineteenth Anniversary State Fair in Cedar Rapids running September 9 to 18. The writer notes exhibits in Floral Hall Hall of Fine Arts and Vegetable Hall, a failed 1080 trotting purse, a $500 citizen’s purse won by Chicago’s and St Louis’s Rattler drivers after jockeying controversy, plus a joint political discussion featuring John Trish Liberal nominee and James Wilson Radical nominee drawing 800 attendees.
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Vinton
Iowa
Hawke Eye
Cedar Rapids
Hall of Fine Arts
Rattler
St. Louis
Chicago
John Trish
Libers
Congress
Jas. Wilson
Court House Hall
Bey
Brookville Stems
Ogle county awakens to campaign interest with Grant and Wilson clubs forming in most districts. Local Democrats may back a straight ticket if Greeley looks weak. large Grant and Wilson meeting last night signals Republican resolve. Reports note fever cases, improving grain prospects, and frost-ready corn fields in Brockville, Sept 21, 1872.
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Ogle County
Grant
Wilson
Greeley
Indiana Prospects For Presidency Highlighted By Agriculture
Indiana leads the nation in horses mules oxen and cattle with 329 700 head and tops hogs at 3 868 000. New York follows in livestock totals while Indiana also grows more Indian corn wheat and barley than any state except New York Pennsylvania Ohio. The feature praises Indiana as ideal for business minded politicians and as a strong field for presidential prospects.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa
California
Ponsylvania
Surge of Game Abounds in Elizabeth Neighborhood
Reports say game are plentiful like years past with hundreds seen in Elizabeth area. One man shot 83 in a day and others have shot as few as 0 to 16, according to the Galena Gazette.
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Elizabeth
Galena Gozette
Lost Guide Pierre Returns From Alpine glacier
Christine waits decades for her lost lover Pierre and prays at the Virgin shrine. The body is found after forty years, identified by Christine as Pierre, the last guide. The couple dies days apart, and Mont Blanc’s shadow lingers over their grave as crowds honor the recovered remains.
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Christine
William
Jacqueline
Pierre
Fortman and Beast
Mont Blanc
Graove
Insurance losses soar after Chicago fire hit Andes firm
The Andes Insurance Company of Cincinnati failed and reported losses from the Chicago fire exceed one million dollars. The Chicago Evening Mail notes subsequent trouble at Triumph and Amazon of Cincinnati and concerns about the Liverpool London and Globe, urging insurers to be cautious and place risks only in sound companies.
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Andes Insurance Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
Chicago Evening Mail
Andes
Triumph
Amazon
Liverpool
London
Globe
Montreal to Chicago lake steamer Dalhousie burned on Lake Ontario
The lake propeller Dalhousie of the Montreal and Chicago line was burned on Lake Ontario on Wednesday last. It was en route from Montreal to Chicago with a cargo of pig iron and merchandise. No lives were lost.
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Dalhousie
Montreal
Chicago
Ontario
Literary Notices of Young People’s Publications
October offerings for young readers are praised for engaging stories and fine illustrations. Golden Hours from Cincinnati earns high marks for variety and suitability, Our Young Folks is lauded for its serials and upcoming works, and The Young Folks Rural is noted as a novelty. Subscriptions cost 1.50 per year with discounts for clubs of four or more.
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Golden Hours
Cincinnati
Hitchcock & Walden
Lewis, Fublisher
Harper's Bazar October 5 styles and literary contents
The issue presents new and standard ladies and children's knitted and crochet jackets and fall wraps with illustrations. It includes under clothing items and a literary section with selected poetry and miscellany, plus a continuation of Farjeon's serial London’s Heart.
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Harper’s Bazar
Farjeon
London’s Heart
Little Corporal October issue and November anniversary note
The Little Corporal for October carries its usual reading matter for children. The editor of the Little Corporal states that the November number will be the anniversary issue, marking one year since the Great Fire and offering a brief summary of that period's accomplishments.
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Little Corporal
The Schoolmate October issue advertisement
An October notice promotes Mr. Alger's Slow and Sure chapters and other stories and poems. It notes the serial for 1878 titled Julius or The Street Boy Gut West, urging subscriptions. Subscriptions paid before November grant free postage for 1872, credited to Joseph H. Allen in Boston.
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Julius
Joseph H. Allen
Boston
Barah Carey
Recorder’s
Sephenson County
Ilinois
Ira Babcock
New Court House
Freeport
Stephenson
Illinois
Section de Pas
Freeeber
Ninols
Cornelius Furst
Hearth and Home issue highlights artists and stories
Hearth and Home presents Hawthorne and George Macdonald portraits with Coming Home from the Country and an Artist Under Cover. It features numerous illustrations for the young readers, a Miniature Yacht Club, Regatta at Prospect Park, and Travels in West Chester and Charles Eyre Pascoe. Olive Thorne and Edith Hale contribute short pieces, with many other articles in this number.
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Hawthorne
George Macdonald
Yacht Club
Prospect Park
Saunterer
Westchester
Charles Eyre’ Pascoe
Chambers
Gray’s Inn
London
Olive Thorne
John
Edith Hale
The Last of Summer and Other Tales in Appletons Journal
Appleton's Journal offers a frontispiece and illustration titled The Last of Summer by John Esten Cooke. The issue includes The Cotton-Mouth and The Last of Dwelling in England by N S Dodge, plus continued serials An Open Question and Lady Sweet apple. The Kaisers paper by Edmund About and two standout illustrations accompany the varied content.
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Appleton’s Journal
John Esten Cooke
England
N.S. Dodge
DeMille
Chestnut Dealer
Osrl Schurz and Greeley in Harper's Weekly Cartoon
A double page cartoon in Harper's Weekly shows Osrl Schurz sounding the campaign keynote while another panel has Greeley declining to join Grant after the bloody elections. An illustration asks Is Greeley a Fool or a Knave. Also portraits of Mr and Mrs Hyacinthe Layson with a father's letter to the Independent and an illustration of the Belfast riots amid editorials.
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Harper’s Weekly
Osrl Schurz
Greeley
Grant
Hyacinthe Layson
Independent
Belfast
October Repository features varied cultural pieces
The October issue includes Ancient and Modern Sisterhoods by Mrs Sue M D Fry, a Visit to Schiller's Birthplace, a continued Mr Rudd the Working-man sketch, The Guide of the Alps and The Woman's Rights Village satire. A Reverie by Miss Flora L Best showcases poem, with new Foreign Department and Art Notes and a rich Editorial Department.
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Sue M. D. Fry
Schiller
Rudd
Flora L. Best
Harper's October issue highlights with diverse literary pieces
The October number features Richard B. Dana’s Buccaneer reprint with illustrations, a Danube travel paper, JR H Stoddard on Nathaniel Hawthorne with a portrait, Emilio Castelai’s Republican Movement installments, Col Thorpe on E M Stanton, new Wilkie Collins serial The New Magdalen, Pathy author Madame Gertler's Husband, Justin McCarthy love story, and poetry by Bayard Taylor, Mrs. M D Brine, and Constance F Woolson.
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Richard B. Dana
Danube
JR. H. Stoddard
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Emilio Castelai
Col. Thorpe
E. M. Stanton
Miss Thackeray
Old Kensington
Charles Reade
Wilkie Collins
Pathy
Madame Gertler
Justin McCarthy
Bayard Taylor
M. D. Brine
Constance F. Woolson
Aldine 1880s Art and Literature Notes Featured
The issue opens with a Victor Nehlig full page drawing and a piece on professional bravo and rival. It includes Hollo and School Discipline by John S. Davis, rural boy life scenes, a village schoolhouse scene, and a girl penance. E Vance guides Adirondacks views Glen Preston Ponds Lake Henderson, plus Paul Dixon landscapes. Writers include Ernst Bosch and others. notable articles on Leigh Hunt, Boats on Painted Seas, October outdoors, and Heart of the Adirondacks. Subscriptions $5 annually with Oil Chrome. James Sutton & Co. 568 Maiden Lane New York.
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Bravo
Hollo
John S. Davis
E. Vance
The
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Glen
Littlebrook
Preston Ponds
Lake Henderson
Paul Dixon
New England
Ernst Bosch
Temple of
Canova
von Weber
Gilbert Burling
Leigh Hunt
January Searle
Hiram Rich
W. W. Bailey
Helen S. Conant
Elizabeth D. Leonard
Lolly Dinks
George W. Sears
W. Duffield
James Sutton & Co
Maiden
Lane
New York
Burgomaster's Family serialized in Littell's Living Age
The September 21 issue begins a new serial The Burgomaster's Family translated from Dutch by Sir John Shaw Lefevre. It draws praise from Dutch and English critics and will continue weekly in the Living Age. The issue also features Immortality, Off the Skelling by Jean Ingelow, and notices of Charles James Lever. Subscription $8 a year, or $10 with American magazines. Litell & Gay, Boston.
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Littell
Christine Meer
John Shaw Lefevre
Jean Ingelow
Charles James Lever
Littell & Gay
Boston
Atlantic October number previews fiction and features
The October Atlantic announces Guest's Confessions by H. James Jr as a promising love story. It previews Parton’s Jefferson, Hawthorne reviews, Kesler Glacier in the Straits of Magellan, and a Lenoweng story. It highlights poetry by Larcom and Woolson, plus editorials in Literature Art Music Science and Politics.
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the Atlantic
Guest
H. James, Jr
Parton
Jefferson
France
G. P. Lawthrop
Hawthorne
Elizabeth O. Agassig
Straits of Magellan
Mrs. Lenoweng
Batlou's Magazine Offered As Inexpensive Fall Reading
Cool weather prompts interest in fall and winter reading with Batlou's Magazine advertised as a cheap popular serial. The publisher Thames & Talbot lists 63 Congress Street and a yearly price of 1.60 dollars, praised by thousands of patrons.
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Battous
Ocrontr
Batlou
Thames & Talbot
Congress Street
Boston
Engravings Highlight The Wishing Well And Summit Of Jungfrau
The issue features The Wishing Well as a striking engraving and On the Summit of the Jungfrau portraying a lofty tourist achievement. Fashion Illustrations appear elegant and the Honeymoon Schottische music is included. Published by Deacon and Peterson of Boston.
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Jungsfrau
Deacon & Peterson
Boston
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